CoreWeave Sandboxes vs OpenAI Code Interpreter

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. OpenAI Code Interpreter bills memory only, at $0.09 per GiB-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. OpenAI Code Interpreter runs containers.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

OpenAI Code Interpreter

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

4 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

CoreWeave Sandboxes
OpenAI Code Interpreter
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
OpenAI Code Interpreter
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.180
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.360
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.720

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.341 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

OpenAI Code Interpreter fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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